CVE-2024-58036
Published: 05 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-58036 is a medium-severity Insufficient Entropy (CWE-331) vulnerability in Norbu09 Net\. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54368
Vulnerability details
Net::Dropbox::API 1.9 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Net::Dropbox::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test…
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programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Approved key-establishment methods mandate sufficient entropy during key generation, eliminating entropy-starved keys.
Security associations share details on cryptographically weak PRNGs, helping avoid their implementation in security-critical functions.